The thing WAS being sold as an arranger. Ergo, it should work well as an arranger. Should you, once that point is reached, chose to use it other ways does not STOP it from being an arranger. But if it never WAS a good arranger, live use of it doesn't make it so.

I use my G70 every way it can be used. Full styles, Drum only, LH bass and RH, minimal SMF (D&B) fuller SMF, live play with a band, studio work, whatever it needs to do. My work, in a variety of types of play, is up (and has always been) at Roland-Arranger.com. Fell free to comment once you have heard it...

If it can be bettered with an MS, I would love to hear it (and always have). No matter how you want to label (or libel!) me, I have always WANTED the MS to be all it could be. But technology only impresses me AFTER the sound has... Impress me with great music, and great sound, and tell me about the HDMI later, OK?